2022 Results

St Stephen's Day brought success on the roads for a number of our athletes. Peter Lynch and Jamie Gahan headed to Clonmel for the annual 4 mile run. Both ran well with Peter taking first place in 18.37 and Jamie placing fourth in 19.40.  Nearer home the Richardson family took on the Stoneyford 5K and made it their own with Aoibhe first female finisher in 17.08, Grace second, Ella third and Niamh fourth. Could that be a record in a 5K race!! Clare Lodge, Hannah Lodge and Barbara Rossiter were among the finishers. Eoin Everard took first place in the [...]

Considering the travel to Turin, Italy for the Spar European cross country we joked that it would be easier than the travel to Donegal for the nationals. It didn't turn out that way. Starting out on Friday morning a heavy frost with fog didn't auger well. Then ice problems at the airports led to delays, taxi journeys and even flight cancellations. However the show must go on. The course itself proved challenging - especially the steep rise following an uphill pull and then a soft and steep part on the downhill. Of course there was a gentle 50m stretch  - [...]

Night time - frost - fog -What about it - It was all go for the Uneven ages B Counties cross country in Thomastown tonight. Our young athletes didn't seem to mind. They enjoyed the outing in fact and also ran well. The McIntyres were very much in evidence with Cian winning the boys U7 and Daniel winning boys U9. The under 9s also had Daniel Quinn 3rd, Dylan Guilfoyle 6th, James Healy 8th and Dara Sweeney 12th. The under 11 boys were first team with Conor Knox in second winning silver. Other team members were Evan Cody 4th, Liam [...]

The curtain closed on the national cross country championships at a muddy venue in Cork today. One wonders if the mud is really necessary!! In any event twenty plus of our athletes competed and while there were no individual medals among the juvenile cohort there were many fine performances. Starting with the U11s - Kate Kelly in 36th was the first scorer on the county team. She had Ellen Ryan 161 and Mealla Crowley 164 in support. For the boys we had Darragh O'Callaghan n 31st place - scoring on the 3rd place Leinster team to earn himself an All [...]

Some thirty plus KCH members were among the one thousand plus runners in today's Waterford Half Marathon. Quite a number of them had been on the Medieval Mile route last night. It didn't militate against their performances - Graham Bourne clocked 1.17.56, Declan Walshe 1.27.04. Claire Dermody home in 1.28.41 was one of the early finishers. Among our regular distance runners taking part were Paul Moran, Andy Hanrahan, Ciaran Hughes, Tony Lauhoff, Sean O'hArgain, Eddie Hawe, Noel Sugrue, Seamus Kavanagh, Mary Prendergast, Caoimhe Foley, Sheila O'Callaghan, Annemarie Shortall, Irene Henebry, Dee Scott, Breegeen Murphy, Anita Byrne, Geraldine Grogan, Emma Kennedy, [...]

The Medieval Mile took place tonight along the now "traditional" route - starting out on the Castlecomer road (beside James ' Stephens barracks), swinging down the Old Mart Road, into Irishtown, up High Street and finishing on the Parade. Thanks to Nicholas Dunphy, Laura Langton and all the race committee this race has become a welcome part of the Yulefest activities. Thanks also to KCH volunteers, Kilkenny County Council, The Gardai and of course myrunresults for the instant publication of the results.  Eoin Everard was first over the finish line in 4.28 - no danger to the sub four prize. [...]

A mixed day of showers and bright spells gave way to plenty of muck at the county B even ages in Graiguenamanagh today - a tough introduction to cross country for our young athletes. The U8s were out in force and all received goody bags after their race. In addition there were honours for Kenny Lowry -1st in boys u8, and Lucy Maher, Eddie Kemple and Jane Byrne - 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively in girls U8. The under 10 girls were first club. The under 12 girls went one better finishing first and third club. They were well served [...]

Glasgow was the venue for this years SIAB   Combined Events International. Alex Cullen was in action on the Irish Intermediate team. Amassing 3143 points, a new PB, he finished 7th place overall thereby helping the Irish team to bronze medals.

It was a long treck for athletes and their supporters to North West Donegal for this years Even Ages, Junior, U23 and Senior All-Ireland cross-country championships. It was a well organised event - good course, well marshalled, good parking facilities. KCH had 26 athletes taking part and the end result was thirteen medals won by them. While winning a medal at national level is a fine honour, qualifying for a national final also merits recognition.  Our under 12s gave us plenty to cheer about. With huge numbers taking part the results were excellent. Amelia O'Brien 66th, Emma Kelly 69th, Hannah [...]

Club members were in many different competitions over the weekend.  USA Over in the US things are hotting up in the colleges cross country. Competing for Tulsa in the Mid West of the NCAA in Missouri was Shay McEvoy. And what a run he had to finish 3rd in 29.42 and lead the Tulsa team into first place. Grace Richardson was part of the action helping her New York University team. SANTRY The British and Irish Masters cross country were held in Santry on Saturday. KCH had two athletes involved. Brian Maher showed once again his immense talent. Competing in [...]